Month: February 2016

Originally published at Rare Thomas Sowell, an economist, author, and philosopher, is a fixture within American conservatism. At 85 years old, he has contributed significantly to conservative intellectual thought as a professor of economics and leading syndicated columnist. His opinions are well respected on the right. In the wake of Justice Scalia’s passing, Sowell made…

Originally published at Rare As a libertarian Republican, I know how it feels to be outnumbered, especially in a post-Paul presidential primary. Saturday’s GOP debate brought that to light more than ever, featuring very little in the way of discussing limited government. Rand Paul always said that debt is the number one threat to our…

Originally published at Rare Voters already distrust Hillary Clinton. And given what just happened in a federal court, the former secretary of state isn’t likely to improve her standing anytime soon. The Obama State Department has conveniently delayed the release of controversial emails sent on Clinton’s private server. Now a federal judge is working to put…

Originally published at Every Joe I’ll admit it. I kind of lost it when Donald Trump won New Hampshire this week. I know, the polls showed it was a long time coming. But after Ted Cruz took him out in Iowa, I thought there was at least a chance that someone could repeat the performance…

Originally published at Rare Coming off of a strong first place victory in Iowa, Ted Cruz did better than expected in New Hampshire, edging Jeb Bush out for a third place finish. This makes Cruz the only non-Trump candidate to earn a top three finish in both Iowa and New Hampshire. That’s an impressive feat…